Edward Farhi is a professor of physics and the director of the
Center for Theoretical Physics
at MIT. He is a lapsed
particle physicist hoping to return to his roots when
data from experiments offers new insight into how the
world really works. Meanwhile he works on quantum
computation, primarily focusing on algorithm design.
He started collaborating with Sam in high school and
with Jeffrey at MIT.

Jeffrey Goldstone, after 25 years at
Cambridge University and
30 at MIT, is now Professor
of Physics Emeritus. He worked on many-body theory and
in the prehistoric eras of the standard model and
string theory. He has been helping Eddie and Sam search
for quantum algorithms for the last 10 years.